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Hi All, currently at Girvan from Port Patrick last night and Ramsey bay on Thursday night. Off to Troon tomorrow. Weather mixed so far but plenty if sailing. Practised man overboard in a very lumpy sea outside Port Patrick at 6.30 this morning. Not helped by having broken open the HighlandPark. 6D35...

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Far be it from me to chuck a stone in the pond from afar ....... but.... I was out and about at Llanstephan beach this afternoon and saw this fleet of newish boats. It's the new cockling season and the cockle pickers are now all licensed and god fearing tax payers. They used to use all manner of inf...

Hi All, Meanwhile at the other end of GB..... Had a marathon trip Monday 26th July. No overnight stop coz forecast for Tuesday 27th was iffy. 5 boats from Towy Boat Club motored to Worms Head for a memorial poem to be read for deceased club member 'Old Bill' then sailed over to Caldey on a nice broa...

Thanks All,
As Arnie says.... I'll be back... from time to time !

All the best

Roger + Jane

I'll second that !
Thanks also to Andrew and Big John for writing their voyages up. Am looking forward to getting on the water again!

Regards

Roger

Interesting. I wonder how much the firm charged for it's recovery and dismantling, netting off any scrap value. At least a 10 man team on site for 3 weeks plus equipment hire and transportation.

Could read across to the sunk boat in Glasson Marina ?

Regards all

Roger

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be..........

Chris,
Likewise, but still much missed !
Still, there''s always next year....
Regards

Roger

Thanks Mick, Val.
Anybody go south this year ?

Regards

Roger

Hi All, As part of this year's virtual Zoom AGM on the 25th October at 13.00, I propose to lavish praise and honour (but no tropies!) on those GSC members who have managed to interpret the various Corona advices to enable some notable forays N, S, E and W. There's also the new 'Ian Atky' Trophy for ...

I cannot tell a lie...... I had a few - yum

But it was definitely second pickings !

Good news everybody ! - sort of The government has shifted it's position. No, I didn't know either. From 22nd September we were required to collect visitor data and from 24th September Glasson Sailing Club has been legally obliged to provide a 'QR' code on display at the club to enable members to ch...

All, This initiative was discussed at the last committee meeting on Monday 14th Sept. It was strongly supported by concerned people and I agreed that a trial was appropriate. I'd seen similar at the Towy Boat Club on a scheduled workday, controlled by the day's organiser and sanitised between signin...

Yes thanks, David and Steve.

It's only when you lose something that you realise how useful it was !

Regards

Roger

Good-day All, Your committee met on Monday night and agreed the following: Overnight stays at GSC are permitted as per England's guidelines. NB: only the Clubhouse toilets will be available for use and the usual social distancing and bio security measures for touch points are to be observed. Tokens ...

That'll be testing certain folks' joinery skills !

An email from the MBSA organiser: I hope everyone is well. Just a reminder that due to COVID 19 and the various restrictions being put upon us and advice from RYA, coastguard and RNLI that MBSA 1 cruiser and dayboat regatta due to be held 4th July and MBSA Dinghy Regatta on 11th/12th July are cancel...

Good-day All, Your Committee met last night (via Zoom!) and discussed the Covid-19 situation. In summary: It was felt that overall the membership's response and compliance to our restrictions and safety measures had been good. Based upon this and the continued national reduction in incidents of Covi...

Hi David, Yes, that's the story I have heard. It subsided as the house was being built. When the quay was built in the 1700s they built the wall in the middle of the river on bedrock and back filled up to the meadow which was probably marshy river bank ish. That produced lots of new land for buildin...

Update from 28 May 2020: Since the Committee Meeting on the 21st May there has been some discussion between Committee members on how we might relax the limitations we had previously placed on telehandler use, also some ideas placed on the Club Forum by David Holmes regarding this and earlier within ...

Message from Mark Brammer. (MBSA Chairman) Due to COVID 19 and the various restrictions being put upon us and advice from RYA, coastguard and RNLI that MBSA 1 cruiser and dayboat regatta due to be held 4th July 2020 is cancelled. The September date still stands so far. These are strange times, pleas...

Slippers,
Thanks for the offer.

Yes that looks like a way forward. I'll discuss with the committee.

Regards

Roger

Good-day All, I have asked for volunteers to lead a Covid-19 working group and progress the RYA checklist. Given that none are forthcoming, the Committee will progress the RYA checklist scope as best as they are able in terms of GSC activities. The following output was agreed from a ‘Zoom’ Ad Hoc Co...